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Seagate

ST3500312CS 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q3 2015.

Average Bench: 52.5% (275th of 1015)

Based on 85 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate ST3500312CS
Poor: 32%Average: 52.5% Great: 116%

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Average average bench

The Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB averaged 47.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.59MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.6MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB is 84.6%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 58.9MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 88.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 85 samples)
Rank 27552.5%
Min Avg Max
51 Read 94.7 211
48.5 Write 93 206
28 Mixed 58.9 100
24.5 SusWrite 88.4 211
61.6% 83.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.32 4K Read 0.52 0.7
1.03 4K Write 1.6 2.2
0.22 4K Mixed 0.59 1
117% 0.9 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
466GB free
Firmware: SC13
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 102 104 105 106 106 MB/s
57.3% Above average
Read 95.8
Write 87.9
Mixed 50.6
SusWrite 104
62% 84.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
130% 0.97 MB/s
412GB free
Firmware: SS16
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 99 96 90 91 85 MB/s
56.2% Above average
Read 103
Write 85.5
Mixed 57.7
SusWrite 92.4
62% 84.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.7
136% 1.03 MB/s
392GB free
Firmware: SS16
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 90 93 88 94 100 MB/s
54% Above average
Read 96.5
Write 86.2
Mixed 54.7
SusWrite 91.6
60% 82.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.7
132% 1 MB/s
462GB free
Firmware: SC13
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 95 98 93 106 107 MB/s
51.4% Above average
Read 80.5
Write 84.4
Mixed 50.2
SusWrite 98.6
58% 78.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.7
132% 1 MB/s
417GB free
Firmware: SS16
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 88 92 92 102 104 MB/s
50.8% Above average
Read 81.7
Write 76.4
Mixed 50.6
SusWrite 95.3
56% 76 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.7
132% 1 MB/s
462GB free
Firmware: SC13
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 84 94 88 97 101 MB/s
50.7% Above average
Read 85.8
Write 78.8
Mixed 40.8
SusWrite 90.9
54% 74.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.6
112% 0.9 MB/s
466GB free
Firmware: SC13
SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 45 47 43 52 43 MB/s
30.4% Below average
Read 60.1
Write 42.9
Mixed 36.7
SusWrite 45.5
34% 46.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.5
92% 0.7 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 4%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 43%
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Workstation
Workstation 4%
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System: Acer Veriton M430

CPU
Athlon II X2 260AMDBench 42%, 5,317 samples10x
Phenom II X6 1035TAMDBench 53%, 2,528 samples7x
Phenom II X4 820AMDBench 50%, 1,512 samples6x
GPU
Radeon HD 4250ATIBench 1%, 5,806 samples14x
R9 270XAMD  $199Bench 27%, 77,943 samples5x
GTX 660Nvidia  $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples2x
SSD
CS1311 480GBPNYBench 74%, 44 samples5x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples2x
M700 240GBHPBench 72%, 1,407 samples2x
RAM
CMD4GX3M2A1600C8 CMD4GX3M2A1600C8 Samsung M378B5673FH0-CH9 Samsung M378B5673FH0-CH9 8GBCorsairBench 30%, 22 samples6x
M378B5673FH0-CH9 2x2GBSamsungBench 35%, 3,211 samples3x
M378B5673EH1-CH9 4x2GBSamsungBench 38%, 1,085 samples3x
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